A 54-Year-Old Woman With Shortness of Breath After Nephrolithotomy

Abdurraheem Farrah; Faisal S Ali; Mohammad Baseem Shaikh; Mariam T Mir; Mahmoud Khreis

doi:10.1016/j.chest.2019.10.060

A 54-Year-Old Woman With Shortness of Breath After Nephrolithotomy

Chest. 2020 May;157(5):e157-e160. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.10.060.

Authors

Abdurraheem Farrah¹, Faisal S Ali², Mohammad Baseem Shaikh², Mariam T Mir², Mahmoud Khreis²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: abdfarrah@hotmail.com.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago, IL.

PMID: 32386649
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.10.060

Abstract

A 54-year-old woman was admitted to the general medical floor after undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy via the supracostal approach. On postprocedure day 1, she developed low-grade fever, dry cough, shortness of breath, and palpitations.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cough
Diagnosis, Differential
Dyspnea*
Female
Fever
Humans
Middle Aged
Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / adverse effects*
Pleural Effusion / diagnostic imaging*
Pleural Effusion / surgery*
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted*
Urine*